Brilliant Observations
Real friends. Real funny. We swear. Like, a lot. Join us for unscripted, uncensored, and definitely unsuitable-for-work comedy conversation about relationships, marriage, friendship, sex, hope, parenting and prospering at midlife. It's like grabbing a weekly cocktail with your favorite girlfriends for a candid look at life that lifts you up as it pulls you in. From religion to porn to money, fears, our bodies, our brains, secrets, failures, food, family and finding your path, almost nothing is off-limits (except politics — gross). Longtime friends Melissa Brilliant and Amy Fugazi overshare about everything with the love and trust that only comes from a lifetime of being there for each other. So cut through the fake friends who try to glamourize all the BS masquerading as midlife. We're the bawdy, brutally honest best friends you never knew you had. And we always pick up the check. Love us? Tell your friends. Hate us? Tell your therapist.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 63 minutes
- Episodes
- 419
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Do Just One Thing More | Brilliant Observations
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Amy's Life in the U-Bend
From bad parenting to friendship mishaps and back again, Missy and Amy chat up what it means to dive into "the Real." You know, kinda like we do with you every week.
Missy’s New York State of Mind | Brilliant Observations 158
Old rivalries die hard as Missy and Amy recall their NHL loving childhoods growing up in the mid-Atlantic coast. Spoiler alert — only one of these ladies chose the right team.
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The Glass Eye Is the Final Straw | Brilliant Observations 157
There are no right answers anymore…especially when it comes to developmentally immature brains. (I’m looking at you, Brian.) Follow the bouncing eyeball as we navigate teens losing phone privileges, …
Take My Piano, Please! | Brilliant Observations 156
Missy bemoans the hardships of an unwanted grand piano. Plus lackluster beach vacation memories. All this and moooooooorre! Join us on Facebook at BrillObs Squad for insider jokes, links, conversatio…
Whatever Happened to Family Dinner? | Brilliant Observations 155
Melissa samples some peanut butter flavored whiskey, then inexplicably wonders why no one will join her for family dinner. (Hint: it’s the peanut whiskey.) Amy puts the final nail in the grease-lined…
Do You Topsheet? | Brilliant Observations 154
Earthquakes, college essays and pooping in the house. It's enough to make you throw out your topsheet. (Pigs.)
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Bottom Ramen | Brilliant Observations 153
Bottom Ramen | Brilliant Observations Podcast 153
What’s worse than Top Ramen? Bottom ramen. Prepare yourself.
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Here's Egg In Your Eye! | Brilliant Observations 152
Amy struggles with doubt, while Stuart struggles with gravity.
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You Put My Loofah Where? | Brilliant Observations 151
And you thought drinking bleach was bad news. Try scrubbing yer pud with it. Laugh aghast as Amy regales us with the latest loofah nightmare… plus the birthday wrap up, college essays, Listener Let D…
Your Mother Is An Ahole | Brilliant Observations 150
When your own husband looks your child dead in the face and calls you an a-hole, its time to reevaluate your parenting skills. Listen as Missy tries to make sense of the latest of her mother’s, um, f…
Fuzzy Scissors | Brilliant Observations 149
Everybody loves a good eye boogie story, right? Of COURSE not. We're not psychopaths. Well, this week we're making an exception based solely on the fact that the current eye boogie story gives us one…
Melissa Is Unpopular | Brilliant Observations Podcast 148
Missy heads to the beach with her family, which invariably leads her to ponder why her opinion on everything is so wildly out of step with everyone else. Other topics include Horror Hugs, Toilet Talk…
Bird Brains | Brilliant Observations 147
Well kids, she finally did it. Missy cracked. First, she bought a Peleton. Then she poked a Facebook Terrorist. All of which led to a nearly unfortunate incident involving a bird, a dog and a tennis …
Spiral Up? Spiral Down! | Brilliant Observations 146
Care for a run, anyone? Just follow the bouncing penis. Listen in as we chat through semi-nude neighborhood jogging (evidently, it’s a thing), calendar mix-ups, the endless stupidity of friends, and …
You Used To Coulda But You Might Not Can | Brilliant Observations 145
Amy shares a troubling secret from the bedroom she and her husband have named... Cementy. Surprise! Melissa solves it in seconds. If only Amy will listen. Spoiler: She won't.
Fresh from that psychot…
SpaceX, Come Back For Us! | Brilliant Observations 144
Covid-blood stealing monkeys, murder hornets, race riots, and now, rogue posts to Teen Insta. Stop the world, I wanna get off. With both their cities on fire, Melissa and Amy look for bright spots th…
All Jasons Are Aholes | Brilliant Observations 143
Ever feel like slapping someone as hard as you can, right in the face? For Melissa, this feeling is aroused by the latest Netflix sensation, Stone Faces. For Amy, slapping is the byproduct of meeting…
The Doctor Is IN | Brilliant Observations 142
Feeling a little sluggish? Disorganized? Demotivated? Join the club. It’s Part 2 of our promised discussion on What’s Holding You Back… this time with an actual discussion. We cover creative slumps, …
Hobbies Schmobbies | Brilliant Observations 141
Stuart’s itching to visit the Florida house, and now he’s got the kids on Team Go. Missy says “Hell no, we won’t go.” Will they stay home? Will Stuart and the kids finally get their way? (You know th…